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1:18 am - 09/07/2012

Eva Longoria, Scarlett Johansson, and Kerry Washington's DNC speeches



"Mitt Romney would raise taxes on middle-class families to cut his own—and mine. That's not who we are as a nation, and here's why: The Eva Longoria who worked at Wendy's flipping burgers—she needed a tax break. But the Eva Longoria who works on movie sets does not."


Eva Longoria addressed the convention as co-chair of Obama's reelection campaign. She had a polished delivery, and her speech got a big reaction from the crowd.

Eva's speech transcript





Whether we can get health care, afford college, be guaranteed equal pay—all at risk. And that's why I'm here today—to use whatever attention I'm fortunate enough to receive to shed the spotlight on what's at stake for all of us.


Scarlett Johansson spoke about the importance of services like Planned Parenthood, and encouraged young people to vote. The best part of her speech was towards the end when she told a story about helping her mother vote as a child and her excitement about being able to do it as an adult.

Scarlett's speech transcript



Today there are people trying take away rights that our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers fought for: our right to vote, our right to choose, affordable quality education, equal pay, access to health care. We the people can't let that happen.

Tonight, even as this convention is coming to a close, a movement is being built across our country. The other side wants to take away our voice and render us invisible. But we are not invisible.


Kerry Washington's short but powerful speech addressed the growing threat to American's rights.

Kerry's speech transcript

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bossm 7th-Sep-2012 12:46 pm (UTC)
Loving Eva Longoria's comment.
frenchverbs 7th-Sep-2012 12:50 pm (UTC)
Anyone else remember when ScarJo tried to insinuate that her and the POTUS were bffs, and his camp promptly shut that down?

I loved Kerry's speech.
bluebandit77 7th-Sep-2012 12:55 pm (UTC)
LOL
winegums 7th-Sep-2012 01:15 pm (UTC)
lol ilh but yes
imnotasquirrel 7th-Sep-2012 01:22 pm (UTC)
lol deets? because i only vaguely remember something like that.
evett 7th-Sep-2012 04:59 pm (UTC)
Presidential hopeful, Barack Obama is rumored to have sent several emails to Scarlett Johansson. Scarlett confirmed that they had been corresponding and were "email buddies." Today Obama addressed the media about Johansson basically saying "this bitch be crazy":

"But speaking to reporters aboard his campaign plane, Obama said the actress doesn't have his personal email address. "She sent one email to Reggie, who forwarded it to me," Obama said, referring to his 26-year-old personal assistant, Reggie Love. "I write saying, 'thank you Scarlett for doing what you do,' and suddenly we have this email relationship"
cityxpretty 7th-Sep-2012 02:21 pm (UTC)
LOL
pixiegerms 7th-Sep-2012 02:25 pm (UTC)
lol link??
callme_morbid 7th-Sep-2012 06:40 pm (UTC)
lmao i had forgotten about that mess.
geekchicrichie 7th-Sep-2012 12:51 pm (UTC)
The Eva Longoria who worked at Wendy's flipping burgers—she needed a tax break. But the Eva Longoria who works on movie sets does not.

Yaaaasssss Ms Longoria. <3

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whitelily22 7th-Sep-2012 01:01 pm (UTC)
lmao A+
anchors_oceans 7th-Sep-2012 01:25 pm (UTC)
i love that she was so honest. and that gif is magic. <3
fanskap 7th-Sep-2012 01:28 pm (UTC)
right? BOOM
sweet_honesty 7th-Sep-2012 01:43 pm (UTC)
I love her. I remember the days when she would get so much hate around here. I'm glad that's changed.
idyllictorture 7th-Sep-2012 02:02 pm (UTC)
She used to get a lot of hate everywhere. Never understood it.
samiringo 7th-Sep-2012 06:26 pm (UTC)
for real, she's awesome. i fell in love with her from her DH days, she was my favorite part of the show.
stellar_ball 7th-Sep-2012 01:58 pm (UTC)
This whole comment - icon, gif, everything, is perfect.
ellaellaeheheh 7th-Sep-2012 02:17 pm (UTC)
perfection!!
cityxpretty 7th-Sep-2012 02:20 pm (UTC)
Perfect, perfect, perfect comment, but it's common sense. Why don't the Republicans realize this?
bluebandit77 7th-Sep-2012 12:54 pm (UTC)
EVA GIVES ME LIFE<3
iamspam99 7th-Sep-2012 01:04 pm (UTC)
And Portman's? Was she as full of shit as she normally is?
suicidemotel 7th-Sep-2012 01:09 pm (UTC)
She wasn't there
iamspam99 7th-Sep-2012 01:17 pm (UTC)
My bad. Read the speculation beforehand that she was going to appear and assumed it was happening. Probably a good thing considering her track record.
rinanina101 7th-Sep-2012 02:01 pm (UTC)
thank god. she often tries to come off as smart but ends up sounding stupid as fuck.

she could've been the DNC's clint eastwood ew
gryffinclaw 7th-Sep-2012 02:36 pm (UTC)
She WAS there. She tweeted about it.
cricketgrl 7th-Sep-2012 03:40 pm (UTC)
Glad she didn't give a speech.
katesamaloo 7th-Sep-2012 01:04 pm (UTC)
I used to not care for Eva Longoria at all, but she has won me over.
ionizable 7th-Sep-2012 01:10 pm (UTC)
mfte. almost everything i've seen about her and her campaign efforts has won me over.
kiki3291 7th-Sep-2012 01:27 pm (UTC)
Yup, same. I love her for that, she puts in 100+% when it's something she strongly believes in and cares about.

People are always surprised that she is so well-spoken when it comes to political issues and whatnot.
stellar_ball 7th-Sep-2012 01:59 pm (UTC)
Same.
jessi_cola 7th-Sep-2012 02:03 pm (UTC)
mte
teenageriot16 7th-Sep-2012 02:13 pm (UTC)
She's a very articulate woman, without coming across as elitist (see: Portman).

Isn't she quite high up on the Obama west coast election campaign?
amor143x 7th-Sep-2012 02:14 pm (UTC)
same. i irrationally hated everything about desperate housewives. her speech was awesome. can't hate that.
baboona 7th-Sep-2012 01:06 pm (UTC)
eva is perfect
ciao_bella315 7th-Sep-2012 01:08 pm (UTC)
I marathoned SCANDAL yesterday because I was sick. Kerry Washington is amazing in it.
anchors_oceans 7th-Sep-2012 01:09 pm (UTC)
i was watching kal talk to olivia wilde and elizabeth banks and they were cracking me up. "who said these good comments about women? some guy named obama? he sounds great! oh he's running for office? that's lucky!" lol. but tbh i'm really scared about what's going to happen if romney takes office. :(
anchors_oceans 7th-Sep-2012 01:21 pm (UTC)
i agree. i, admittedly, don't know anything about politics but it makes me so nervous that romney is so nonchalant with women's issues. they just don't seem to matter to him. some people may not agree with obama but i feel like he's more on my side.
jeunelis 7th-Sep-2012 01:11 pm (UTC)
Just want to say that when Eva mentioned the 15 year old that was building the next facebook rival - that's my boss, but now she's 22 and being badass over here


yeahhhhhh
cluelessraf 7th-Sep-2012 01:19 pm (UTC)
Wait, more deeetz. I'm very curious.
anchors_oceans 7th-Sep-2012 01:22 pm (UTC)
she sounds interesting! if you're allowed to give some details, i'd love to read about it. :)
innocentanalyst 7th-Sep-2012 02:17 pm (UTC)
I'm curious about the 15-year-old building the next Facebook rival.
colorstoobright 7th-Sep-2012 02:27 pm (UTC)
Deetails pls!
kimberwyn 7th-Sep-2012 07:34 pm (UTC)
lol. yeah EVERYONE is building the next fb rival.
treebraids 7th-Sep-2012 01:13 pm (UTC)
They should have swapped Sarjo for Elizabeth Banks. I would have LOVED to hear her speak.
anchors_oceans 7th-Sep-2012 01:23 pm (UTC)
did you hear elizabeth on the livestream with kal penn? she was killing it. so was aisha tyler.<3333
treebraids 7th-Sep-2012 01:32 pm (UTC)
nope missed it. I'm trying to find it now. :(
browniecakemix 7th-Sep-2012 03:26 pm (UTC)
omg they're both hilarious ladies, I wish I caught that :(
am2m 7th-Sep-2012 04:30 pm (UTC)
link please?
beaddddddsss 7th-Sep-2012 05:03 pm (UTC)
I'm so glad I chose to watch through the livestream instead of paying attention to the tv. The former was way better in commentary like whoa. <3
d00ditsemily 7th-Sep-2012 06:00 pm (UTC)
Aisha Tyler killed it at the PPAF rally at the DNC
cuzilubb 7th-Sep-2012 01:14 pm (UTC)
Flawless, perfect, immaculate ladies.
bittermunchkin 7th-Sep-2012 01:15 pm (UTC)
Why does ontd hate on Scarlett? She seems okay and doesn't make a spectacle.
bittermunchkin 7th-Sep-2012 01:31 pm (UTC)
Oh yeah I'm not even going to bother watching. For some reason I just thought she was one of the celebs ontd hates on in general.
bluebeard 7th-Sep-2012 01:28 pm (UTC)
IDK but I'm here for her. :D

I love Kerry and Eva too, though. I CBA with the whole "X's speech was better than Y's" thing because quite frankly everyone expresses themselves differently. I know I have a lot of valid points when it comes to this kind of thing, but if I got up there and started talking I'd probably sound like IDK what I'm saying 'cause it'd be hella awk. and such.
kiki3291 7th-Sep-2012 01:30 pm (UTC)
Hate? I rarely see any negative comments in posts about her. Recently, anyway. I know ONTD wasn't in love with her when she was with Sean Penn but since The Avengers that has changed.
verdhandi 7th-Sep-2012 02:36 pm (UTC)
I think there was also a blind item about her being rude to other women and loving being "one of the guys" (aka the only woman with a bunch of guys) in the Avengers movie.
cluelessraf 7th-Sep-2012 01:18 pm (UTC)
Eva Longoria is so perfect.
suicidemotel 7th-Sep-2012 01:23 pm (UTC)
I wish Aisha Tyler or Elizabeth Banks spoke instead of ScarJo. They were great in their Kal Penn interviews.
anchors_oceans 7th-Sep-2012 01:26 pm (UTC)
they were woooonderfulll<3333
beaddddddsss 7th-Sep-2012 05:04 pm (UTC)
I DETECT ZERO LIES HERE
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